since 2013     Senior Scientist
                    Research Group for Marine Geochemistry (ICBM-MPI Bridging Group)
                    ICBM, University of Oldenburg

2009-2013     Research Scientist
                    Max Planck Research Group for Marine Geochemistry
                    Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology in Bremen

2006-2009     PostDoc Scientist
                    University of Aarhus, Denmark

2005-2006     PostDoc Scientist
                    Eawag Kastanienbaum, Switzerland

2005             PostDoc Fellowship
                    Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology in Bremen

2003             SOAS-Graduate Scholarship
                    University of Aarhus, Denmark

2000-2003     PhD Student
                    Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology in Bremen

University Education

2005             PhD (Dr. rer. nat.) in Geosciences
                    University of Bremen
                    Thesis: "Composition and degradation of organic matter
                    in sediments from the Peru-Chile upwelling region"

2000-2005     PhD studies
                    Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology in Bremen

2000             Diploma in Marine Environmental Sciences
                    ICBM, University of Oldenburg
                    Thesis: "Analysis of aromatic amino acids in natural
                    seawater samples using fluorescence spectroscopy"

1995-2000     Studies of Marine Environmental Sciences
                    ICBM, University of Oldenburg

1993-1996     Studies of Chemistry
                    University of Oldenburg